England Athletics News - 2013

Perhaps as a New Year's Resolution you'd like to get more involved in our sport, or take up a role within your Athletics Club? England Athletics runs a number of courses to enable people to take up or improve upon their coaching or officiating skills.

Athletes who are registered with England Athletics are able to access a range of benefits and offers through the athletes' online portal. These include offers on products at the England Athletics store as well as with partners such as Sweatshop.

England Athletics has a series of resources that can be used by clubs and other organisations to encourage people to take coaching or officials' courses. Clubs having enough skilled coaches and officials is an important part of them being able to offer a good experience to their members.

Our Volunteer Toolkit is a set of resources to help clubs and other organisations in their work with Volunteers. Resources are divided into "Recruit", "Retain" and "Reward" plus a number of Role Descriptions.

England Athletics sends Season's Greetings to everyone we have worked with in 2013. Thanks to everyone for all their hard work this year: clubs, networks, officials, coaches, athletes, sponsors, councillors, parents, administrators, teachers, partner bodies, athletics charities and media.

England Athletics is looking to support developing athletes and provide international experience towards major Championships. England Athletics will look to select individuals for appropriate international competition given their current performance level.

There was international success for Birtley Athlete Lydia Turner last weekend in Belgrade at the European Cross Country Championships. 17-year-old Lydia became Birtley's first full International athlete.

The pre-Christmas International Lotto Cross cup event in Brussels saw athletes representing England, South of England, and some English Clubs. On the course near the Heysel Stadium that has been used for several decades now the English runners did well again.

uCoach is the online resource for athletics coaches in the UK - a one-stop shop for coaches to access information about coach development, coaching qualifications, events, news and coaching resources. Updates from 10th to 23rd December are listed.

England Athletics is saddened by the news that Athletics and sports commentator David Coleman has died today aged 87. The "voice of a generation" was inducted into the first England Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008 for contributions to the sport of athletics.